/MAT/LAW117

This material is only compatible with solid hexahedron elements (/BRICK) and the TYPE43 property (cohesive solid). This material is not compatible with any failure model. All damage and failure are defined inside of the material directly.

Format

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/MAT/LAW117/`mat_ID`/`unit_ID`
`mat_title`
$ρ_{i}$ $ρ_{i}$
`EN`		`ET`	`I`_mass	`I`_del	`I`_rupt
`Fct_TN`	`Fct_TT`	`TN`	`TT`		`Fscale_x`
`GIC`		`GIIC`	`EXP_B`		`EXP_BK`	`Gamma`

Definition

Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`mat_ID`	Material identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`unit_ID`	(Optional) Unit Identifier. (Integer, maximum 10 digits)
`mat_title`	Material title. (Character, maximum 100 characters)
$ρ_{i}$ $ρ_{i}$	Initial density. (Real)	$[\frac{kg}{m^{3}}]$ $[\frac{kg}{m^{3}}]$
`EN`	Stiffness normal to the plane of the cohesive element. (Real)	$[\frac{P a}{m}]$ $[\frac{P a}{m}]$
`ET`	Stiffness in the plane of the cohesive element. (Real)	$[\frac{P a}{m}]$ $[\frac{P a}{m}]$
`I`_mass	Mass calculation flag. = 1 (Default) Element mass is calculated using density and mean area. = 2 Element mass is calculated using density and volume. (Integer)
`I`_del	Failure flag indicating the number of integration points to delete the element (between 1 and 4). Default = 1 (Integer)
`I`_rupt	Mixed mode displacement law flag. = 1 (Default) Power law = 2 Benzeggage-Kenane (Real)
`Fct_TN`	Function identifier of the peak traction in normal direction versus element mesh size. (Integer)
`Fct_TT`	Function identifier of the peak traction in tangential direction versus element mesh size. (Integer)
`TN`	Peak traction in normal direction (default = 0) or, `Fct_TN` ordinate scale factor (default = 1) (Real)	$[Pa]$ $[Pa]$
`TT`	Peak traction in tangential direction (default = 0) or, `Fct_TT` ordinate scale factor (default = 1) (Real)	$[Pa]$ $[Pa]$
`Fscale_x`	`Fct_TN` and `Fct_TT` abscissa scale factor. Default = 1 (Real)	$[m]$ $[m]$
`GIC`	Energy release rate for mode I. (Real)	$[Pa . m]$ $[Pa . m]$
`GIIC`	Energy release rate for mode II. (Real)	$[Pa . m]$ $[Pa . m]$
`EXP_B`	Power law exponent for the mixed mode. Default = 2 (Real)
`EXP_BK`	Benzeggage-Kenane exponent for the mixed mode. (Real)
`Gamma`	Gamma exponent for Benzeggage-Kenane law. Default = 1 (Real)

▸Example (Connect Material)

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/UNIT/1
Units
                  kg                  mm                  ms
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/MAT/LAW117/1/1
CONNECT MATERIAL
#              RHO_I
              7.8E-6
#                 EN                  ET     Imass      Idel     Irupt
                   5                 1.2         0         1         0
#   Fct_TN    Fct_TT                  TN                  TT            Fscale_x
         0         0                   2                 0.7                   0
#                GIC                GIIC               EXP_B              EXP_BK               Gamma
                   1                1.75                   2                   2                   1
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#ENDDATA
/END
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Comments

Mode I refers to the normal direction and mode II refers to the shear direction. $δ_{I}$ $δ_{I}$ is the separation in normal direction equal to $δ_{z z}$ $δ_{z z}$ direction. $δ_{I I}$ $δ_{I I}$ is equal to the separation in tangential direction $δ_{I I} = \sqrt{δ_{y z} + δ_{z x}}$ $δ_{I I} = \sqrt{δ_{y z} + δ_{z x}}$ . The mixed mode displacement is referred to by $δ_{m}$ $δ_{m}$ .
The damage initiation displacement in mode I and mode II are respectively, $δ_{I}^{0} = \frac{T_{N}}{E N}$ $δ_{I}^{0} = \frac{T_{N}}{E N}$ and $δ_{I I}^{0} = \frac{T_{T}}{E T}$ $δ_{I I}^{0} = \frac{T_{T}}{E T}$ and for the mixed mode:(1)
$δ_{m}^{0} = δ_{I}^{0} \cdot δ_{I I}^{0} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1 + β^{2}}{{(δ_{I I}^{0})}^{2} + {(β \cdot δ_{I}^{0})}^{2}}}$ $δ_{m}^{0} = δ_{I}^{0} \cdot δ_{I I}^{0} \cdot \sqrt{\frac{1 + β^{2}}{{(δ_{I I}^{0})}^{2} + {(β \cdot δ_{I}^{0})}^{2}}}$

With the mode mix $β = \frac{δ_{I I}}{δ_{I}}$ $β = \frac{δ_{I I}}{δ_{I}}$ .
The maximum displacement at failure $δ_{m}^{F}$ $δ_{m}^{F}$ can be calculated using either a Power law for I_rupt=1:(2)
$δ_{m}^{F} = \frac{2 (1 + β^{2})}{δ_{m}^{0}} \cdot {[{(\frac{E N}{G I C})}^{E X P_B} + {(\frac{β \cdot E T}{G I I C})}^{E X P_B}]}^{- (\frac{1}{E X P_B})}$ $δ_{m}^{F} = \frac{2 (1 + β^{2})}{δ_{m}^{0}} \cdot {[{(\frac{E N}{G I C})}^{E X P_B} + {(\frac{β \cdot E T}{G I I C})}^{E X P_B}]}^{- (\frac{1}{E X P_B})}$

or, a Benzeggage-Kenane law for I_rupt =2:(3)
$δ_{m}^{F} = \frac{2}{δ_{m}^{0} {(\frac{1}{1 + β^{2}} \cdot E N^{γ} + \frac{β^{2}}{1 + β^{2}} \cdot E T^{γ})}^{\frac{1}{γ}}} \cdot [G I C + (G I I C - G I C) {(\frac{β^{2} \cdot E T}{E N + β^{2} \cdot E T})}^{E X P_B K}]$ $δ_{m}^{F} = \frac{2}{δ_{m}^{0} {(\frac{1}{1 + β^{2}} \cdot E N^{γ} + \frac{β^{2}}{1 + β^{2}} \cdot E T^{γ})}^{\frac{1}{γ}}} \cdot [G I C + (G I I C - G I C) {(\frac{β^{2} \cdot E T}{E N + β^{2} \cdot E T})}^{E X P_B K}]$
GIC and GIIC are the energy release rates between the peak traction and the maximum displacement for mode I and mode II, respectively.
$G I C = \frac{T N \cdot δ_{I}^{F}}{2}$ $G I C = \frac{T N \cdot δ_{I}^{F}}{2}$ and $G I I C = \frac{T T \cdot δ_{I I}^{F}}{2}$ $G I I C = \frac{T T \cdot δ_{I I}^{F}}{2}$